Melbourne: Government Printer, 1878-1890. large octavo, 200 numbered handsome lithographed plates (including 172 chromolithographs) of mammals, reptiles and fish. Full brown Ostrich leather, stiff wrappers retained, a fine crsip copy. Irish-born Frederick McCoy arrived in Melbourne in 1854 to take up the position of the first Professor of Natural Science... More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1897. Large quarto, photographs, three chromolithographs including one of Gouldian Finch by Keulemans. Publisher's handsome illustrated green cloth with contemporary spine and corners in heavily gilt-tooled calf to match, all edges gilt (the standard publisher's issue is top edge gilt only), a superb copy and very... More